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The burned-out geek leader

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 16, 2012

I’ve been thinking recently about different types of leaders.  Or at least of different of types of behaviors that leaders might exhibit.  If I keep thinking about it, this may well turn into a series.  If I stop thinking about it, however, I reserve the right to change topics. The first one that I thought [...]

general leadership, leading geeks

Why does my staff hate me?

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 6, 2012

If you’ve ever managed people and (like me) are somewhat empathic, you’ve had this experience: you walk into the office, and you can feel the waves of disgruntlement radiating from your staff. You’re not sure why or what happened, but they’re grumpy.  If it were just one or two of them, you could easily brush [...]

care and feeding, general leadership, leading geeks

My job as a manager

4 Comments Posted by on November 13, 2011

When you think about it, management is really a necessary evil.  Oh, sure, I happen to weirdly like it and have been accused of having a talent for it, but it’s really unfortunate that we need as much management as we do. Just think about it.  When your team or company is small enough, you [...]

about, general leadership, leading geeks

Moving to Seattle!

14 Comments Posted by on July 14, 2011

What?  You’re moving to Seattle?  When?  What happened? Yes; my husband and I are moving to Seattle.  We’re flying out late on the 26th of July.  Amazon made him an offer we couldn’t refuse. What’s happening to you?  Your job? I’ll be looking for a job in Seattle.  And friends. Where will you be living? [...]

about, leading geeks

It’s all Bill Gates’s fault (video)

1 Comment Posted by on July 1, 2011

I thought you could all use a little amusement before the long weekend–enjoy! (Da Vinci’s Notebook broke up several years back and doesn’t even have a website any more, but I still love their humor!)

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How to get good service from your Help Desk or Support Center

6 Comments Posted by on June 24, 2011

I was going to make this a snarky post on how to get bad service from IT, but then I realized that it might actually be more useful to write this in a more positive light.  Also, I actually had positive things to say. So you’re someone who has a computer problem at a company, [...]

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What a CEO should be thinking about

Leave a Comment Posted by on June 15, 2011

I had the opportunity recently to meet with the inimitable Donna Payne, CEO of PayneGroup.  I have been a groupie of Donna’s since she changed my world by talking about PowerPoint metadata back in 2000 when I was doing applications at a law firm.  Since then, we’ve been social media buddies and even co-presented on [...]

leading geeks

My completely nitpicky pet peeves (humor)

5 Comments Posted by on June 6, 2011

Dear fellow geeks, geek leaders, and other random people who read this blog: This is not a useful post.  This post, in fact, will show you how the inside of my brain works.  It can be a scary, scary place sometimes.  Also?  This isn’t a rant.  This is just nitpicky.  Also probably brought on by [...]

about, leading geeks, The Grammar Geek

Dear Job Applicant: Your résumé is driving me insane

2 Comments Posted by on May 26, 2011

Dear Job Applicants: Your résumés are driving me nuts.  So nuts that I’ve created a list: You don’t tailor your résumé to my job posting.  If my job posting says you have to know marketing and be able to teach, the word “marketing” should actually SHOW UP on your résumé.  If I specify that you [...]

general leadership, leading geeks

I Can’t Keep You Fixed

Leave a Comment Posted by on March 28, 2011

Yeah, I know. Your job sucks sometimes. Servers crash, users complain, you are looking to your next job but haven’t quite gotten there yet, etc. Or maybe you’re having some troubles at home, not sleeping, etc. I promise you that I will do my best, as your manager/leader/director/chief whatsit officer, to make your job better. [...]

general leadership, leading geeks

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